Holder for talking-machine records.



P. J. ROBINSON. HOLDER FOR TALKING MAGHINE'REOORDS.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 21, 1912. I

Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

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P. J. ROBINSON. HOLDER FOR TALKING MACHINE RECORDS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21. 1912.

I Patented D60. 30, 1913 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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Philip LI Robinson wi/tueomzo PHILIP J. ROBINSON, or LEOMINSTEB,MASSACHUSETTS.

HOLDER FOR TALKING-MACHINE RECORDS.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

Application filed november 21, 1912; Serial No. 732,753.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP J. RoB NsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Leominster, in the county of Worcester and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful- Improvements inHolders for T alking-Machine Records; and I do declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to improvements in holders for talking machinerecords.

One object of the invention is to prov de a holder of this characteradapted to re'ceive and securely hold the boxes containing the recordsand to be secured to a suitable supporting mechanism which may beinclosed in a cabinet or other receptacle.

One object is to provide a supporting mechanism for the record holderswhereby a large number of records may supported in a small space and inconven ent position for use.

With these and other ob ects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement ofparts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a vertical sectional viewthrough a record cabinet showing my improved record supporting mechanismand holders arranged therein; Fig. 2 is a central vert cal sect onalview of the parts shown in Fig. 1; F g. 3 is a horizontal sectional viewthereof; Fig- 4 is an enlarged detail perspective view of one of therecord holders removed from its supporting mechanism; Fig. 5 is a sldeView of one of the holders and a portion of one of the bars of thesupporting mechanism; Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional view taken on theline 66 of Fig. 5; Fig. 7- is an enlarged vertical sectional viewthrough a portion of the top of the cabinet and through-the upper endsof the inner and outer holder supporting cylinders mounted therein,showing more clearly the manner in which the ends of the cylinders arerevolubly supported; Fig. 8 is a front view of a modified form of holdersupporting mechanism; Fig. 9 is an end view thereof; Fig. 10 is a detailperspec tive'view of one of the supporting disks for the endless supportor carrier shown in Figs. 8 and 9; Fig. 11 is an inner side view of aportion of the endless carrier shown in Figs. 8 and 9. i

Referring more particularly to the first seven figures of the drawings,1 denotes a dust proof cabinet which may be of any suitable size andshape and which is here shown and' is preferably octagonal. One side ofthe cabinet 1 is provided with a suit-. able door 2 through which accessis had to the records contained therein. Revolubly mounted in thecabinet is an outer record supporting cylinder 3 and an inner recordsupporting cylinder 4. The cylinder 3 comprises upper and lower circularends or heads 5 which are connected around their edges by a series ofvertically disposed slats 6 the ends of which are secured to the edgesof the heads 5 in any suitable manner. The

slats 6 are spaced suitable distances apart and are designed ,to receivethe holders 7 with which the record boxes are engaged and which arearranged one above the other on the slats as shown.

The inner cylinder 4; comprises heads or ends 8 which are connectedaround their edges by an annular series of slats 9 to which are alsoattached vertical series of holders 7. Access is had to the innercylinder through a space or opening in one side of the outer cylinder.said space or opening being normally closed by double doors formed byhingedly connecting two of the slats to the adjacent fixed slats withlong leaf'hinges 10 whereby said hinged slats and the holders thereonmay be swung outwardly as clearly shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3 of thedrawings.

' The outer cylinder 3 is revolubly' supported in the cabinet 1 by pivotscrews 11 which are arranged through the center of the heads 5 of saidcylinder and are secured in said beads by clamping nuts 12. The outerends of the screws 11 are pointed and are revolubly engaged with taperedsockets 13 in bearing plates 1a which are secured to the inner sides ofthe top and bottom of the cabinet. In the inner ends of the screws 4outer cylinders 3 and 4 it will be seen that they may be'revolvedindependently of each 1 and also permitting any of the records on theinner cylinder to be brought op osite to the door opening in the outercylin er.

Each of my improved holders 7 is formed from a single piece of wire,constructed as best seen in Figs. 4, '5, and 6. That is to say, the wireis bent at its center into an attaching or supporting eye 21 whichstands in an upright plane and is adapted to be secured to the supportor slat 6 by suitable means, and each stretch of the wire is then bentinto an upper curved, arm 17, the two arms complementingeach other andtogether constituting an upper loop extending around about two-thirds ofa circle and standing in a horizontal plane. From the outer ends ofthese arms the stretches of wire are carried downward into what might becalled uprights 19 standing parallel with each other and preferablyprovided at about their midlength with offsets or bends constitutingthumb-notches 20. The stretches at the lower ends of said uprights arethen carried inward and curved toward each other in two lower attachingarms 18 also occupying about two-thirds of a circle and standing in ahorizontal plane so as to form a lower loop substantially like saidupper loop,'and where these arms 18 meet each other they are formed intoa pair of overlapping attaching eyes 22 also standing in an upright orvertical plane directly under the eye 21 and adapted to be connectedwith the slat 6 in any manner. This much of the holder constitutes apair of. spring jaws whose inner edges are secured to the slat 6 at thepoints 21 and 22 and whose outer edges are the uprights 19 which may besprung apart slightly to receive'a record box as shown in Fig. 5, andthen released so that the normal tendency of'the wire forming the loopsor eyes 21 and 22 will be to'throw these jaws toward each other andgrasp the box between them. The lower end of the holder or foot forsupporting the box thus held between the jaws is by preference also madefrom the same piece of wire or rod, and this can conveniently be done bycontinuing the stretches below the eyes 22 in contactwith each other soas to form a shank 23, and

making a fork at the lower end of the shank which will underlie thespace between the jaws occupied by the box. To make this fork or foot,the -stretches are preferably bent at right angles to the lower end ofthe shank and carried outward away from each other in a horizontal lineas at 24, and then bent forward at right angles and carried inparallelism with each: other away from the support in fork-arms 25,which however should not be spaced apart as far as-are the two jaws ofthe holder above.- When now such an extent as do the jaws because thetwo parts of the shank 23 are held together by the attaching devicepassing through the eyes 22 as will be understood.

In Figs. 8 and 9 of the drawings is shown a modified construction andarrangement of the record supporting mechanism which in this instance isin the form of an endless carrier comprising a series of horizontallydisposed slats 26 which are spaced apart and are secured at their innersides to endless chains or other flexible elements 27. The endlessseries of slats when thus connected are adapted to be engaged with upperand lower supporting disks or rollers 28 which are fixedly mounted onupper and lower supporting and operating shafts '29. The shafts 29 arerevolubly mounted in bearing brackets 30 which may be secured to a wallor other support. -The slats 26 and chains 27 are preferably covered byan endless apron 31 of cloth or other suitable fabric whereby anattractive background of any desired color may be provided for therecords which are to be secured thereto and to the slats 26. Secured toeach of the slats 26 and to .the portion of the apron covering thelatter are a series of record holders 32 which are constructed in thesame manner astheholders 7 shown in the first form of the invention andwhich'are secured to the slats 26 in the same manner except that theholders 32 are arranged in horizontal alinement on the slats as shown.As hereinbefore stated the-holder's 32 are constructed in exactly thesame manner as the holders 7 and 'a further description of the holders32 -large spur gear 35 with which is engaged at smaller gear or pinion36 which is fixedly mounted on a short drive shaft 37 revolubly mountedin suitable brackets adjacent to this end of the carrier. as shown. Onthe shaft 37 is fixed a grooved drive pulley 38 with which is engaged anendless operating belt 39 which is preferably passed one or more timesaround the pulley and which is similarly engaged with an idle pulley 40mounted in a bracket 41 which is pivotally attached to the wall or othersupport and has connected to its outer end a weight 42 which pullsdownwardly on the bracket 41, pulley 40 and the operating belt .39whereby the latter is kept stretched and sufficiently tight.

, By thus arranging the operating belt it will be seen that itis-simply. necessary for the operator to grasp one or the otherstretches of the belt and to pull upwardly or downwardly thereon, thusrevolving the drive shaft 37, the movement of which will be imparted tothe shafts29 and carrier operating rollers through the gears 35 and. 36whereby the carrier is brought around in the proper direction forbringing the desired records within convenient reach of the operator. Ifdesired the drive shaft 37 may be connected by a belt 43 with a drivepulley 44 on the shaft of an electric or other form of motor wherebypower may be employed for operating the carrier when the latter isconstructed on a very large scale for use in stores or distributingagencies. It will also be understood that the carrier shown in Figs. 8and 9 of the drawings may be inclosed in a suitable case or cabinet orotherwise covered to protect the records from dust.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the construction and operation. of the invention will bereadily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion andthe minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as claimed.

- Having thus described myinvention, what I claim is:

The herein described holder for talking 'machine records, the same beingmade of a single piece of wire bent at its center into a those abovementioned, and the inner ends of these-arms merging into a pair ofattachlng eyes standlng 1n an uprlght plane; and

' a foot below the pair of jaws thus formed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribmg witnesses.

PHI-LIP J. ROBINSON.

\Vitnesses ALLEN C. HOSMER, Smxnr E. BELL.

